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History: specific events & topics

Paperback. Explores the transition from oral to written history that is taking place in tribal Jordan, a transition that reveals the many ways in which modernity, literate historicity, and national identity are developing in the contemporary Middle East. This book discusses the substance of tribal history through the eyes of its creators. Series: Comparative Studies on Muslim Societies. Num Pages: 363 pages, 22 b&w photographs, 6 line illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; HBAH; HBTD; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
363
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520201019
ISBN
9780520201019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 27.93

Paperback. Features the essays that consider how Western societies think about and use goods, how goods shape female, as well as male, identities, how labor in the family came to be divided between a male breadwinner and a female consumer, and how fashion and cosmetics shape women's notions of themselves and the society in which they live. Editor(s): Grazia, Victoria De; Furlough, Ellen. Num Pages: 443 pages, 44 b&w photographs, 13 tables. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
443
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520201972
ISBN
9780520201972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 27.84

Paperback. Drawn from the daughters and wives of the working poor and declasse elites, prostitutes in Shanghai were near the bottom of class and gender hierarchies. This title examines prostitution in Shanghai from the late nineteenth century. Num Pages: 603 pages, 26 b/w photographs, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; JFMX; JFSG; JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 44. Weight in Grams: 917.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
603
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520204393
ISBN
9780520204393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 32.90

Hardback. The "cold war university" is the academic component of the military-industrial-academic complex. This work discusses the role played by university administrators in making their universities dependent upon military foundation and industrial patronage. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JNKG; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 668.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520205413
ISBN
9780520205413
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.33
€ 48.27

Hardback. Overturns the common assumption that apartheid in South Africa was enforced only through terror and coercion. Without understating the role of violent intervention, this book shows that apartheid was sustained by a great and ever-swelling bureaucracy. Series: Perspectives on Southern Africa S. Num Pages: 401 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL; JPQB; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
401
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520206519
ISBN
9780520206519
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.33
€ 48.24

Paperback. Linking the personal and the political, this book depicts the making of the working class in Britain as a 'struggle for the breeches.' Focusing on Lancashire, Glasgow, and London, it contrasts the experience of artisans and textile workers, demonstrating how each created distinctively gendered communities and political strategies. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 415 pages, 10 b&w illustrations, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
415
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520208834
ISBN
9780520208834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.77

Hardback. Drawing upon a complex web of early modern sources and ancient texts, this study is a treatment of women, gender and sexuality in 17th-century opera. It explores the operatic manifestations of female chastity, power, transvestism, androgyny and desire. Num Pages: 405 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 4 tables, 45 music examples. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; AVGC9; HBT; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
405
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520209336
ISBN
9780520209336
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.50
€ 64.09

Hardback. Chronicles the emergence and transformation of hemophilia community. This book sets the story within our national political landscape - where the disease is also a social, psychological, and economic experience. Num Pages: 308 pages, 8 b/w photos, 1 figure, 5 tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; MBX; MJCG1; MJCJ2; MJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520211957
ISBN
9780520211957
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.33
€ 48.20

Paperback. Shows how ordinary people broke down the institutional and cultural barriers that separated elite from popular politics in 16th- and 17th-century Europe and entered fully into the historical process of European state formation. This book offers an alternative to traditionally elite-centered accounts of territorial state formation in Europe. Num Pages: 237 pages, 12 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 226 x 9. Weight in Grams: 372. Ordinary People in European Politics, 1500-1700. 237 pages, 12 line illustrations. Shows how ordinary people broke down the institutional and cultural barriers that separated elite from popular politics in 16th- and 17th-century Europe and entered fully into the historical process of European state formation. This book offers an alternative to traditionally elite-centered accounts of territorial state formation in Europe. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JPA. Dimension: 152 x 226 x 9. Weight: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
237
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520213180
ISBN
9780520213180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.13

Hardback. Amid the national shame and subjugation following World War I in France, journalists, novelists, doctors, and legislators worked to rehabilitate what was perceived as an unhealthy social body. This title shows how they attempted to reconstruct the 'bodily integrity' of the nation by pointing to the dangers of homosexuality and pornography. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 275 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; DSBH; HBTB; JFSJ; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press Berkeley
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520219953
ISBN
9780520219953
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.63
€ 45.21

Hardback. This examination of the social history of modernization investigates the centuries that followed the year 1000, when a new kind of society emerged in Europe. The text highlights both the "top-down" and "bottom-up" changes that characterized the social experience of early modernization. Num Pages: 438 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
438
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520220584
ISBN
9780520220584
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.33
€ 48.20

Paperback. The horrific torture and execution of hundreds of thousands of Cambodians by Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge during the 1970s is one of the century's major human disasters. This work examines the Khmer Rouge phenomenon by focusing on one of its key institutions, the secret prison outside Phnom Penh known by the code name 'S-21'. Num Pages: 251 pages, 15 b/w photographs, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: 1FMC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTZ; JPQ; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520222472
ISBN
9780520222472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.43

Hardback. Throughout European history, Jews have been associated with commerce and the money trade, rendered both visible and vulnerable, like Shylock, by their economic distinctiveness. This is the story of Jewish perceptions of this economic difference and its effect on modern Jewish identity. Num Pages: 385 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTB; JFSR1; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
385
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520225909
ISBN
9780520225909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.21
€ 52.45

Paperback. A cultural history of Italian fascism, this work traces the narrative path that accompanied the making of a regime and the construction of Mussolini's power. The author reads fascist myths, rituals, images, and speeches as texts that tell the story of fascism. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 314 pages, 21 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JPFQ; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520226777
ISBN
9780520226777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.13

Paperback. In this analysis, Leslie Peirce delves into the life of a 16th-century Middle Eastern community, bringing to light the ways that women and men used their local law court to solve personal, family and community problems. Num Pages: 475 pages, 10 b/w photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDT; 3JB; HBJF; HBLH; HBT; JFSJ; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 752.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
Paper edition
Number of pages
475
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520228924
ISBN
9780520228924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 33.80

Paperback. At the dawn of the twenty-first century, America finds itself on the brink of a racial consciousness. This title examines the processes of racial identification and their implications by looking at the case of American Indians. Num Pages: 250 pages, 7 line illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HBTB; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 54.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520229778
ISBN
9780520229778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 22.72

Paperback. Exploring the phenomenon of divorce in American society, this book looks at divorce as a legal action, as an individual experience, and as a cultural symbol in its era of institutionalization. It analyzes the legal and legislative aspects of divorce and the public response to them. Num Pages: 249 pages, 8 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; JFC; JHBK; LA; LNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 68.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
249
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520231962
ISBN
9780520231962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.43

Paperback. Presents an exploration of recording consciousness and compositional process from the perspective of those who make records. This title examines the crucial roles played by recording technologies in the construction of rock music and shows how songwriters, musicians, engineers, and producers contribute to the creative project. Num Pages: 276 pages, 4 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVX; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
SECOND PRINTING
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520232242
ISBN
9780520232242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.22

Paperback. A study of Italian colonial history and culture, this text gathers articles which highlight the ways in which colonial discourse has pervaded Italian culture from the post-unification period to the present. It delves into the controversy surrounding immigration from Africa to the Italian peninsula. Editor(s): Palumbo, Patrizia. Num Pages: 332 pages, 9 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1H; HBJD; HBJH; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520232341
ISBN
9780520232341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.70

Paperback. The author of this text proposes a bold approach to writing local history in this exploration of the meaning of place and home. Arguing that people of every place and time deserve a history, he explores such topics as the history of madness and the environment in southwestern Minnesota. Illustrator(s): Kost, Charlie. Num Pages: 261 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 59.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
261
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520232938
ISBN
9780520232938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.58

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